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WALTER WAYNE LEWIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1949 – November 6, 1967
Service recordWalter Wayne Lewis, of Darlington, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 32
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Darlington, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 32
- BRADFORD STANLEY KINGLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- RICHARD FRANCIS LAIRDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- BRUCE CHARLES LEISINGPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MICHAELSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
From Darlington
- LEROY JEFFERSONStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPHLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- HARLEY FRANKLIN GRIGGSStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 13, 1970
- WILLIAM ARNOLD NORWOODCorporal · March 16, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.